10am – 12pm Sunday Service: Karin Ryuku Kempe-The Oak Tree in the Garden

Our Sunday service consists of chanting, two periods of sitting meditation, and a dharma talk. Come in-person or on Zoom.

Karin Ryuku Kempe  currently serves as co-spiritual director of the Zen Center of Denver, along with Peggy Metta Sheehan. She has been practicing Zen since 1971, beginning at the Rochester Zen Center with Philip Kapleau Roshi and then with Toni Packer.

Ryuku worked as a family physician for 20 years while raising her family. She practiced with Shishin Wick Roshi, dharma heir of Taizan Maezumi Roshi, at the Great Mountain Zen Center, receiving jukai from him in 1997. Karin completed her koan training in 2005 with Danan Henry Roshi at the Zen Center of Denver, and served as an assistant teacher until receiving dharma transmission in 2010. Karin also completed her training with Shishin Roshi and received inka from him in January 2019.